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Added on the 22/06/2023 20:30:43 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Aerial view of Mecca's Grand Mosque, the clock tower, the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the centre, and Mount Arafat as the hajj winds down. IMAGES
The first group of pilgrims arrive at the Grande Mosque of Mecca to perform the welcoming Tawaf (circling of the Kaaba) during the second downsized hajj staged amid the coronavirus pandemic, with only fully vaccinated residents permitted to participate. IMAGES
Muslim worshippers head to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. IMAGES
Muslim pilgrims arrive at their camps in Mina where they will spend the night before heading to Mount Arafat. IMAGES
Shiite Muslim pilgrims march with flags en route to the holy city of Karbala from Iraq's southern province of al-Muthanna, ahead of the holiday of Arbaeen. Each year, pilgrims converge in large numbers to the Iraqi shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after Ashura. IMAGES
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